What To Do #5

Submitted by Morbus Iff on Thu, 2003-09-25 21:20

I haven't been continuing my growth todo for a few days (see part one, two, three, and four) because I've been busy doing other things. I keep writing myself a list of stuff to finish (including this), and then something (rabble rousing, for instance) comes and takes all my time. I knew this would turn into a project. Sigh. Anyways, moving on with stuff I do in the "real world":

  • Writing for MacTech: I've a monthly column entitled "Untangling the Web" for MacTech (which I've talked about before). That's gone pretty well - after six months, I'm happy with the way it's developing (although, I should have started my next article days ago - oy!). It's the first time I've had a regular column and definitely something I feel indebted to. However, since I'm talking about stuff I'm an "expert" in, I can't say it's a true growth project, not on a monthly scale (on a yearly, sure). Nevertheless, it's certainly a maintain, with high priority.
  • Writing for O'Reilly: You may know me as the author of Mac OS X Hacks from O'Reilly, and I'm nearly finished wrapping up my second book, Spidering Hacks with Tara Calishain. Like Google Hacks? You're gonna love this one... I'm really proud of it. But before I was writing books, I wrote for the O'Reilly Network, and that really spawned where my "writing career" is today. I wouldn't mind starting that up again. There's so much left to say. Restore, with medium priority.
  • Writing for Others: There's a strong desire to write for other avenues: I've been invited twice to submit to The Perl Journal (rock!), and other suggestive innuendoes have hungered my taste buds and whetted my appetite (wait...). It's just a matter of catching that constantly mischievous Time; sadly, even though I consider this a growth (as it is "non-traditional"), I have to give it a low priority.
  • Write your Third Book: Before I even started Spidering Hacks, my third book was already planned and agreed upon. With Spidering Hacks a few weeks away from being truly finished, it's time to bust out the new outline and begin tickety-tacketying yet again. Growth, high priority.

Next, we'll complete the remapping with the new ideas I've yet to work on.